Germantown Methodist Church Prayer Requests
Updated September 3, 2026
This Week’s Church Prayer Focus: General Conference of the GMC (August 30 to September 5) in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ongoing
1. Our Friends, Relatives, Acquaintances, and Neighbors who do not know Jesus as their Savior and our outreach to them.
2. Service personnel: Evan Benbenek (California), Tina Carr (Virginia), Nick Eby (England), Charles Hayes (Middle East), Carl Martin (North Carolina), Daniel Muñoz (home), Josh Neal (boot camp), Luke Quillen (Montana), Zach Smith (Kentucky).
3. Our Homebound: Edna Barnhart, Esther Cochran, Martha Cornn, Harold and Lucy Dursch, Beverly Simpkins, Janice Waits, Janice Wallace.
4. For the church staff and leaders as they seek God’s guidance in serving God and leading our church.
5. Our missionaries Kevin, Laura, and Lucy, Margaret, Benjamin, and Alisa Cline.
6. Members of our church with cancer: Donna Gisewite, Linda Grise, Beverly Simpkins, Jerry Steinmetz, Janet Withrow, Gene Wright.
7. Those dealing with addiction and their families.
August 30-September 5
8. Beverly Simpkins: Diverticulitis.
9. Nancy Weinel.
10. Peggy Baker: enlarged heart.
11. Kyle Wright: recovering from eye surgery.
12. Doug Wright: broken knee cap.
13. Chris Gibson: end stage.
14. Rick Jenson: broken femur.
15. Ken Ley: mass around his heart.
16. Family and friends of Kim Wilson who passed away.
17. Robert Hamilton: knee issues.
18. Jeff: triple bypass.
19. Roger Cox: recovering from surgery.
20. Family and friends of Steve Isaac who passed away.
21. Joe Schmidt: back pain.
22. Melissa Sedlak.
23. Mike Schmidt: home after suffering from pneumonia and a lung infection.
24. Jackie Masters: paralyzed diaphragm.
25. Kim: leukemia.
26. Shawn Garrett: 10-year-old recovering from neck surgery.
27. Flooding victims.
28. Frank McKay: long recovery from hip surgery.
29. Baby Zaiden: premee with lung issues.
August 22-29
30. Quilt: Kathy Mills (bad fall).
31. Family and friends of Charlotte Genslinger who passed away August 13.
32. Jullian Develbiss: broken foot.
33. Pastor Sandy Apgar: knee replacement surgery August 21.
34. Family and friends of Tom Frisby who passed away.
35. Diane Hayes: shingles.
36. Family and friends of Carole Woolcock who passed away.
37. Family and friends of Dean Gray who passed away.
38. Noah: broken leg.
39. Betty Delver: hospital.
40. College students.
41. Debbie: health issues.
42. Cindy: health issues.
43. Mary: broken elbow and leg.
44. Alex: shin splints.
45. Praise: Annie Masters is in remission.
August 16-22
46. Praise: Savanah Truitt had a baby girl on August 14.
47. Andy: testing.
48. Allison Milliken: starts her doctoral studies in nursing.
49. Family and friends of Dave Bishop who passed away.
50. Richard and Phylis Miller: health issues.
51. David: multiple cancers.
52. Violet Askins’ sister Millie.
53. Gerson Silber: in the hospital.
54. Nia: 11-year-old with brain cancer.
55. Becket: in a medically induced coma.
56. Case: teenager with burns over 50% of his body.
57. Terry Develbiss’ husband passed away.
58. Lilian Grill.
59. Britney: had her baby after a high-risk pregnancy.
August 9-15
60. Eileen Gardner: fell, needed 8 stitches in her face.
61. Sandy Gephart: health issues.
62. Praise: Marlene Flory’s granddaughter Ardela, no cancer.
63. Family and friends of Randy Collins who passed away.
64. Family and friends of Mimi Ault who passed away.
65. Kevin Havixbeck: prostate cancer.
66. Preston Scalo: in a coma, diagnosed with encephalitis.
67. Family and friends of Chris Lewis who passed away.
68. Family and friends of Kenny Lips who passed away.
69. Rachel Shade: abdominal surgery.
70. Mike Stiver: long term health issues.
71. Josh Neal: deployed.
72. Theresa Crowe’s brother: complications following brain surgery.
August 2-8
73. Janet Withrow: home recovering from emergency colon surgery.
74. Larry Weaver.
75. Tom Raab: hospital.
76. Family and friends of Joe Tritt who passed away in a car accident.
77. Paul: four-year-old with leukemia.
78. Family and friends of Edwin Cunningham who passed away.
79. Kara Stiver ongoing treatment for stage 3 ovarian cancer.
80. Beth Noble: chemo and radiation treatments.
81. Terry and Rob Sanborn: motorcycle accident, both have a broken leg.
Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to Him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen. (Ephesians 3:20-21, NLT)